Ventura County Writers Club Short Story Contest
The three top winners of the 12th Annual Ventura County Writers Club Short Story Contest will be presented and afforded with the opportunity to read their winning entries at the…
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Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest
The Grand Prize is $1,000. Second place wins $100 and there will be three honorable mentions. There are no restrictions on content, style, genre, or length. All five finalists will…
Mystery Writing Bootcamp and Tea
Mystery Writing Bootcamp and Tea Led by Publishing Professionals Shelly Lowenkopf and Toni Lopopolo Two writing workshops will be held in February, part of the ongoing educational offerings from the Pacific…
Writing Courses from the Renegade Writer
Write for Magazines, taught by Linda Formichelli START DATE: Monday, January 9, 2012 (sign up now—there are just ten spaces in the premium version of the course). DURATION: 8 weeks…
ForeWord Reviews' Book of the Year Awards
ForeWord Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards were established to bring increased attention to librarians and booksellers of the literary and graphic achievements of independent publishers and their authors. ForeWord…
Beach Book Festival Call for Entries
The 2012 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries—self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, teenage, how-to, science fiction, romance, comics, poetry, spiritual, compilations/anthologies, history, business…
Los Angeles Book Festival Call for Entries
The 2011 Los Angeles Book Festival has issued a call for entries in general non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, cookbooks, science fiction, business, spiritual, genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, poetry, foreign…
The Blotter Writing Contest
Publishing consultant Laine Cunningham teams up annually with The Blotter, a nonprofit literary magazine, to sponsor a writing contest. The award is open to all book-length fiction, such as novels,…
Damselfly Press Seeks Submissions
Damselfly Press, an online literary journal for women, is pleased to announce their seventeenth issue. They are seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by female writers only.…
You Do PR Deal for SPAWN Members
An emerging new PR company known as www.YouDoPR.com is offering ten WPN author members a one-month free membership. Five authors can get a free basic membership (regularly $49 per month),…